Re: [Eug-lug]Movie Thread: Bowling for Columbine

2002-12-25 Thread Tim Howe
When I saw it, it was almost a full house. I had to sit up front and look almost straight up. I took my mother and we both enjoyed it very much. I doubt it will play in areas where it should most be seen... TimH Well, due to the short notice and the impending holidays, there was a

Re: [Eug-lug]Movie Thread: Bowling for Columbine

2002-12-25 Thread Joseph Carter
On Wed, Dec 25, 2002 at 07:21:18PM -0800, Tim Howe wrote: When I saw it, it was almost a full house. I had to sit up front and look almost straight up. I took my mother and we both enjoyed it very much. I doubt it will play in areas where it should most be seen... Oh, I happen to know for

Re: [Eug-lug]Movie Thread: Bowling for Columbine

2002-12-24 Thread Joseph Carter
Well, due to the short notice and the impending holidays, there was a remarkably small crowd present for Bowling for Columbine. A crowd of just three, in fact. I cannot recommend this film enough. It is truly a thing to see! I think the three of us have concluded that we're all going to move

Re: [Eug-lug]Movie Thread: Bowling for Columbine

2002-12-23 Thread Harald Sundt
It's a heartbreaker. Why ARE we so violent? The movie makes funny but brutal points: It isn't the availability of Guns...Canada's pistol per cap is par with ours. It isn't the bloodthirsty heritage...look at Germany and Japan. It isn't the violent Movies and Video Games...look at Japan. It

Re: [Eug-lug]Movie Thread: Bowling for Columbine

2002-12-23 Thread Joseph Carter
On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 04:16:00PM -0800, Joseph Carter wrote: I will see it tonight (Mon) at the 7:05pm show, and talking about it afterwards at the High Street Cafe. I am certainly interested in seeing this at some point. Larry saw it recently and concluded that it was a very good film,